Ram-shovel for pulling and cleaning beehive coke-ovens.



Patent-ed Jim.14, I9I94 2 SHEETS -SHEEI I INVENTO EWI ATTOR N E EY n T. P. RII/INE. RAM SHUVEI. FOR PULLING AND CLEANING BEEHIVE COKE OVENS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY l5, 1918.

P. PUYANE. HAM SHOVEL FOR PULLHHG AND CLEANNG BEEHIVE COKE OVENS.

. APPLICATION HLED MAY 15, 1918. LQMJ ktented Jan. H

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NITNESSES AT1-ogm EY N STATES ATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS P. RUANE, OF FAIRGHANCE, PENNSYLVANIA.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application filed May 16, 1918. Serial 110.234.937.

To. all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, THOMAS` P. RUANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairchance, Ain the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Ram-Shovel for Pulling and Cleaning Beehive Coke-Ovens, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has reference to a ram shovel for pulling and cleaning beehive coke ovens, and its object is to provide a device which will not only pull the coke but will clean the oven and thereby save manual labor which has heretofore been employed for the purpose, and will more effectively and more expeditiously perform the operation with a material saving in cost and time.

In accordance with the invention there is provided a. shovel which may in some respects correspond to pulling shovels heretofore used and the shovelis provided with automatic means permitting it to loadeven up to the farther walls of the oven and will withdraw the coke loaded on the shovel and ultimately dump it onto the usual conveyer provided along the front of the oven, beehive ovens being customarily arranged in Arows with conveyers for receiving the withdrawn coke and carrying it to a suitable point for disposition.

The device may be in form similar' to an ordinary shovel in that it is so constructed that it may be shoved by suitable mechanism under the mass of coke in the oven, breaking up the coke, and the body of the shovel is provided with a rockable plate forming the bottom of the shovel and so arranged that, when the shovel is withdrawn from the oven, the plate will overbalance and dump whatever may be on it. Furthermore, the shovel is provided with pivoted wings so arranged that on forcing the shovel into the mass of coke in the oven the mass will ride over the wings and fall back of the shovel, while the wings, on withdrawing the shovel, act as an abutment pulling the coke, which has ridden over the wings, out through the door of the oven. Afew' operations of the shovel effect the cleansing of the oven from coke as thoroughly as the same operation may be performed by hand and more expeditiously, the pulling` and cleaning occuring together. This does away with the necessity of hand labor for cleaning purposes and therefore correspondingly shor'tens and cheapens the operation7 permitting the oven to be recharged in much less time than heretofore.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not coniined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed and modiiied so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a pulling and cleaning structure in position to start operations on the coked mass in an oven, such oven, and a receiving conveyor associated therewith being shown in vertical section.

Fig. :2 is a` plan `View of the pulling shovel.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the shovel' with the operating bar in cross section.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation ofthe shovel. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a small portion of a beehive coke oven 1 `having a door opening 2, a floor 3 and hearth plate 4, these parts all being of customary type. It is usual to arrange hee-hive ovens in rows or batteries with a track along the fronts `for the accommodation of apparatus and such track is indicated at 5 in Fig. 1. Moreover, it is also customary to provide a conveyer along the front of the ovens between the track and the ovens, such conveyer being indicated at 6. For the purpose of pulling the ovens there is provided a truck 7 to run upon the track 5 and this truck carries suitable mechanism including a pulling bar 8. With respect to the parts so far referred to the usual practice may be followed in construction and operation and, hence, no special description or any particular showing of the parts is vdeemed necessary;4

Carried by the bar 8 is a` ram shovel 9 shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, but for the details of construction reference-will be had more particularly to Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive. The shovel comprisesa threesided frame made up of an end bar 10 and side bars 11, the end of the frame remote from the bar l() being open. The free or forward ends of the bars or legs 1l of the frame 9 have outstanding extensions or toe portions. 12 tapering toward their outer extremities both from the front sidewise and from the top downwardly, it being understood that the shovel is moved back and forth along the Hoor of the oven in a substantially horizontal plane. The front edges 13 of the toes 12 are rounded and relatively sharp at their bottom edges and slant upwardly to a rear edge-14 merginginto the tops of the arms 11, which latter increase in height from frontto rear. Where the toes 12 eX- tend laterally beyond the sides 11 they form shoulders 15 contributing to the pulling effeet of the shovel whenwithdrawn from the oven, while the slanting facesof the toes and therelatively sharp front edges thereof facilitate the entrance of these, parts of the shovel under the body of.l coke, indicated at 16 in Fig. 1.

Extending. across the space between the sides or legs 11` immediately to thel rear of the toes 12 isapivot bar or rod 17 traversing the legs 11 and projecting` beyond the outerl edges thereof where the bar maybe held to the shovel' frame by cotter pins-18u or in any other appropriate manner, these pins being well protected from damage by coke because arranged to` the rear of; the toes 12 and below the tops thereof- Mounted on the rod 17 is aplate18ffreely fitting between the legs 11 and extendingfrom the end bar 10 to the front ofthe toes 1,2 at which latter point the plate has a forward curved slanting edge 19. The plate 18 increases in thickness from front to rear and is formed at the front edge 19 with an upstanding rib 20 dropping-back tothe level of the corresponding portion of the plate. Along the line offthe rod 17 the plate has a double slanting rib 21 extending crosswise` thereof and strengthening the plate where traversed by therod as well as constituting a retarder for coke on the plate, preventing such coke from sliding ofl.

The bar- 10 between the legs 11 has a slanting portion 22 and the front edge of the bar.10 below the slanting portion 22vis provided with a.. stop lug 23 which may be of triangular form, while the plate 18` has a top surface rib 24 extending crosswise of the rear edgeof the plate andprovided with a notch 25 to receive the lug 23.

Extending rearwardly from the central portion. of the bar 10 is a socket 26v to receive the bar 8, the bar being made fast in the socket by bolts 27. or inother appropriate manner. Formed on the rear face of the bar 10 are ears 28 flanked by otherfears 29 on a wing member 30 having. aV recessed portionf31` to straddle the. socket member 26. They ears 28 and 29 are hinged together by pins 32 and the wing structure has a range of rocking movement about its pivots 32 from the rear face of the bar 10 to lugs33 rising from the tops of the sides of the socket 26. lVhen the wing structure is in engagement with the bar 10 it stands approximately upright and when in engagement with the lugs 33 it slants rearwardly at a considerable angle, the two positions of the wing structure being shown in dotted and full linesv respectively in Fig. 5.

The plate 18 forming a rockable bottom to the shovel hasa constant tendency to gravitate toward a pendant position raising thefront end'and dropping the rear end, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

lVith the structure described, the shovel is forced under-the mass 16 of coke which is lifted andl more orl less broken up by the slanting edge 19- of the plate 18 and the slanting` edges 13 of the-toes 12. The coke rides-onto the plate 18 and is continuously liftedfbecause ofthe slanting top face thereof and: is, furthermore, lifted and broken bythe slantingsurfaces of the toes 12 and the slanting tops of the bars or legs 11 of the main frame of the` shovel. Portions of the broken up coke fall upon the plate 18 and the latterr moves thereunder until the coke ultimately rides over the rib 24, slanting edge 23 and onto the end bar 10 to finally find its way to they wings which at this time bear against the lugs 33 and are` thereby held in a rearwardly slanting position. As the shovel is forced deeper into the mass of coke the disturbed and broken coke falls over-the top of the wings 30 and dropsbehind the advancing shovel. Some of the coke also passes. over the toes 12` and falls behind the shoulders 14C.

When they shovel has been forced deep enough into the coke thedirection of movement is reversed, whereupon, the coke at the. rear of the shovel engages the wings and the latter are brought to an upright position. against thebar 10 so that the coke beingl engaged by an. upright abutment formed by they wings is drawn out of the oven door and ultimately reaches the conveyer 6. The load of coke carried by the dumping plate 1-8 moves with the shovel through the oven door until thepivot pin 17 has approached the edge of the hearth 4 closely enough to permit the mass of coke on the rearv portion of the dumpingbottom plate-18 to overbalance the frontedge thereof, whereupon, the. plate will tip so that its loadl will readily gravitate onto the conveyer. The shovel is again introduced into the oven and withdrawn therefrom and the operationy is repeated as often as needful to extract or pull the coke, while that coke carried by the plate 18 represents, especially toward the end of the pulling operation, those partsof coke charge which heretofore could only be removed by manual operation.

The actuating mechanism for the shovel is of the ordinary type used for known forms of pulling shovels and is capable of moving the shovel to any part of the interior of the oven. The curvature of the front of the shovel may correspond to the interior curvature of the oven so that it may reach practically to the walls of the oven. This permits the shovel to scoop up all or practically all loose particles beyond the reach of the pulling part of the shovel so that the part of the shovel carrying the plate 18 is in effect a cleaning shovel and operates in conjunction with the pulling part of the shovel. rllhis makes it possible to combine the pulling and cleaning operations, thus materially shortening the time needed to discharge the oven ready for a fresh charge.

rlFhetoes 12 with their shoulders 15 form eflicient parts of the shovel in the cleaning ope-ration. When the shovel is pulled out of the oven the toes 12 clean the coke from the jambs and the walls of the oven. The du1nping bottom together with the laterally eX- L tended toes of the body of the shovel thoroughly clean the oven so that itis ready to be recharged and eliminates the necessity of a workman entering the oven to remove material quantities of coke left in the oven by other forms of shovels. l

llVhat is claimed is 1. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens, provided with a freely tiltable bottom having its underface, where designed to engage the floor of the oven, in one plane.

2. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens, provided with a pulling bar at its rear end, and having a dumping bottom pivotally mounted near the front end and overbalanced at its rear end, said dumping bottom when outside of the oven freely gravirating at all times to a pendant position.

3. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens, provided with pulling means at its rear end, and a dumping bottom having a substantially flat bottom face, and an inclined beveled front edge above the plane of the bottom face and also having its top surface inclined rearwardly. g 4:. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens, provided at the rear end with pulling means, and a dumping bottom pivotally mounted near its front end transversely of the line of travel of the shovel and free at its rear end to gravitate to a pendant position, the underface of the dumping bottom being in substantially one plane and movablewhen in the oven into the plane of the lower face of the body of the shovel.

5. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, provided with a dumping bottom pivotally mounted near its front end transversely of the line of travel of the shovel and free at its rear end to gravitate to a pendant position, the front end of the shovel includ- 4ing the bottom thereof being beveled and the top `surface of the bottom portion and bod;r of the shovel inelining rearwardly.

6. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a body portion with pulling means at the rear end, and a bottom portion pivotally mounted near its front end to the body of the shovel and free at all times to gravitate at its rear end to a pendant position when the shovel is pulled from the oven.

7. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a body portion, and a bottom portion pivotally mounted near its front end in the body portion to move on an axis transverse of the line of travel of the shovel, the bottom portion having a beveled front rib and another beveled rib on its top surface over the pivotal axis.

8. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a body portion, and a bottom portion pivotally mounted near its front end in the body portion to move on an axis transverse of the line of travel of the shovel, the bottom portion having a beveled front rib and another beveled rib on its top surface over the pivotal axis, the top surface of the bottom portion inclining rearwardly and terminating at the rear edge in a rising `beveled rib.

9. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a body portion, and a bot tom portion pivotally mounted near its front end in the body portion to move on an aXis transverse of the line of travel of the shovel, the bottom portion having a beveled front rib and another beveled rib on its top surface over the pivotal axis, the top surface of the bottom portion inclining rearwardly and terminating at the rear edge in a rising beveled rib, and the body of the shovel having a stop member in the path of the rear end of the bottom of the shovel to prevent the latter from rising to a greater height than level position when the shovel is within the colte oven.

10. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, having a body portion in the form of a frame open at and inclining rearwardly from the front end, and a dumping bottom within the frame and transversely pivoted to th-e frame near the front end.

1l. A shovel for pulling eolie from coke ovens, having a body portion in the form of a frame open at the front end, a pulling bar at the rear end of the body portion, and a dumping bottom within the frame and transversely pivoted thereto near the front end, said 'frame having the side members rising gradually from front to rear to a greater height than the bottom.

12. A shovel for pulling coke from colte ovens, conprisin g a body portion in the form of a frame open at the front, and a dumping bottom mounted in the frame to gravitate to a pendant position and. of less height than the frame, said.- shovelI having its bottom surface in substantially one, plane, its. for.H ward endj beveled to provide an entering edge, and thetop surfaces inelining rearf wardly with. respeot tothe bottomv surface.

13. A shovel, for pulling; coke froniooke ovens, comprising-a body portion in theform of a fram-e open at the frontwith the forwardends ofj the sidemembers ofthe frame laterally expanded and having the top.l snr,- faces inclined rearwardly and; formed` with rear shoulders where projecting laterally from the-sides. off the frame, and a bottom portion locatedI between the, sides of the frameand pivoted; on" a transverseaxis .l near the frontotthe bottom porticato gravtate to a pendant Position,

14. A shovel, for pulling coke from eolie ovens, oomprisiinggal body portion inthe Aform of-va frame openI at thefront withthe for ward endsof the-side members of the. frame laterally expanded; andi' having the top surfaces. inclined rearwardly and formed with rear shoulders where. 'projecting laterally from. the sides of` theA frame, and` a bottom portion, located between the sides of the frameand4 pivoted on a transverse. axis near thel front fof, the .bottom port-ion to gravitate to a pendant position, said body portion havinga beveled frontedge and a transverse beveled.y rib located over the pivotal axis of the bottom.

1,5. A shovel, for pulling coke fronicoke ovens,` comprising a` body port-ion in the form of'v a frame open at the front with the forward ends, ofthe sides members of the framey laterally expanded and having the top surfaces inclined rearwardly andv formed With rear shoulders where projeetinglaterally from the sides of the fr ame, and a bottoml portion loeate/,Cllbetweenthesides of the frame and pivoted on atransverse axis near the front-of the'bottom portiontov gravitate to ay pendant position, said; body portion having a beveled front edge anda transverse beveled rib-.located over the pivotal axis of the. bottom, the side members ofthe frame andl the top surfacey of the bottom inelining rearwardly. and therear edge ofy the bottom and front` edge of the rear member of the frame also inolin-ing rearwardly.

16. A shovel, for pulling Coke. from coke ovens, comprising a frame openvat the front end, with the side members of the frame having lateral expansions beveled toward. the front and sides and shouldered at the.l rear, and, a dumping bottom within the frame having itsaxis of' dumping located near the front ofthe bottom and of the frame and having its front edge inclined rearwardly, with the front edges of both the bott-om member and theffront. ends ofthe side members of the frame rounded laterally of the shovel.

1.7.4 A shovel for pullingy coke. .from coke ovens, comprising a body member in the form of a frameopen at the front and having the sid/es of the frame provided with outstanding extensions, and a dumpingbottom mounted in the frame between the sides thereof 1S'. A shovely for pulling eolie `from coke ovens,eo1npri sing. a frameopen at the forward end with thesidesorlegs of the frame having lateral extensions attheir forward ends,l al pullingbar at the rea-r end, of, the frame, and a4 dumping bottom pivotally mounted between the sides or loos of the frame; and extendingV to the.y front of, said frame.

1,9.1A sho-vel for pullingoolge from, coke ovens, comprising a frame open at the forward end. and provided with a dumpingbottom, the. sides. of'the'frame at their forward ends. having4 outstanding extensions or.` toe portions. tapering toward theirA outer extremities both from the front sidewise and from the top downwardly.

20. A shovel for pulling. coke from coke ovenscomprising-y a frame open at the forwardgendand provided with a dumpingbottom reaehingv to the forward end of the frame and' pivotally mounted therein, the sides of the frame having laterally outstanding extensions or toe portionsprovided with shoulders at the rear.-

2.1. A- shovel for pullingy coke from coke ovens. providedwith lateral extensions at the forward end, whereby said forward end of the shovel is of greater spread than the body of.- the shovel.

22. A shovel for pulling Coke from coke ovens havingY lateral extensions at the forward end, whereby the spread of the shovel atthe forward end is greater than the spread of the body of theshovel, andsaid shovelbeing providedk with a dumping bottom extending -to the. forward end; thereof.

23. A shovel for pulling coke from coke ovens,. oomprising al frame open at the forward.y end andY there provided with side extensions, the` frame increasing in height from the forward end toward the rear end, a.4 dumping bottom for the. frameV mounted in and.` between; the sides thereof', and pivotally mounted wings at the rear of the body member and rising at all times to aI greater height than the body member and movable between. an upright and a rearwardly slanting position, whereby Coke inI a. coke oven nnderridden by the shovel is. caught, on withdrawing, the shovel from the oven, by the pivotall'y mounted wings,y and, is. also caught. upon the dumping bottom for discharge when theshovelis withdrawn to the front ofthe oven, and coke passing over the side extensions is withdrawn from the oven therebyv 24. A shovel. for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a frame open at the for ward end and there provided with side extensions, the frame increasing in height around the forward end toward the rear end, a dumping bottom for the frame mounted in and between the sides thereof, and pivotally mounted wings at the rear of the body member and rising at all times to a greater height than the body member and movable between an upright and a rearwardly slanting position, whereby coke in a coke oven underridden by the shovel is caught, on withdrawing the shovel from the oven, by the pivotally mounted wings, and is also caught upon the dumping bottom for discharge when the shovel is withdrawn to the front of the oven, and coke passing over the side extensions is withdrawn from the oven thereby, the wings extending across the rear of the shovel as a continuous member and located wholly back of the rear of the body member of the shovel.

25. A shovel, for pulling coke from coke ovens, comprising a frame open at the front and having a socket proj eeting from the rear for the attachment of the shovel to an operating bar, said frame having side members with their upper surfaces slanting rearwardly and terminating at the front in lateral projections beveled forwardly and rounded at the front, a dumping bottom located Within theframe and extending to the front thereof and having a pivotal connection with the sides of the frame adjacent to the side extensions, said bottom having a beveled rib at the front rising above the top surface of the bottom and rounded laterally, with the top surface of the bottom provided with another beveled rib rising therefrom above the pivotal axis and said top surface inclining rearwardly, and with the bottom member of less height than the sides and rear of the frame, and a wing structure pivotally mounted at the rear of the frame and eX- tending across the frame, said wing structure rising above the top of the frame and movable on a transverse axis from an upright position to a rearwardly inclined position.

In testimony, that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa ture.

THOMAS P. RUANE.

Witness JOSEPH J. MICHAEL.

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